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Ecc_3:13 And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it [is] the gift of God.
Ver. 13. And enjoy the good of all his labour.] "They that will not labour must not eat," {2Th_3:10} saith the apostle. As they that do shall enjoy the good of all their labour, eat the labour of their hands, and be thrice happy. {Psa_128:1-2} Jabal and Jubal, {Gen_4:20-21} frugality and music, good husbandry and good content, dwell together; and yet not always, but where God gives the gift. He gives strength to labour, and health to enjoy the good of our labour. {a} This the rich fool in the gospel either knew not or considered not. "Eat, drink, and be merry," said he to himself; but God was not in all his thoughts. How much better David! "Hope in the Lord," {Psa_43:5} saith he to himself and others, "and be doing good; dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed." {Psa_37:3}
{a} Valeat possessor oportet, si comportatis rebus bene cogitat uti. - Horat.